Fabric-turfing implement



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G. H. BAKER.

FABRIC TURFING IMPLEMENT.

Patented Dec. 29, 1885 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC G. HENRY BAKER, OF MORENGI, MICHIGAN.

FABRlC-TURFING IMPLEMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 333,379, dated December 29, 1885.

Application filed J uue 25, 1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, G. HENRY BAKER, of Morenci, in the county of Lenawee and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fabric-Turfing Implements; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in implements for turfing fabric of that class designed to be operated by hand in the manufacture of rugs and similar articles, wherein a pile is formed upon one side of a canvas foundation by means of yarn, thread, or other material, which is held in place by being interwoven in the meshes of the foundation.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction of the various parts and their combinations, all as more fully hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved device. Fig. 2 is a plan of the parts detached. Fig. 3 shows, in perspective, the parts which form the adjustable stop. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the ends of the frame parts, one of which carries the needle and the other the pusher. Fig. 5 is a plan of the needle detached.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of'this specification, A B represent, respectively, the two parts which form the handle-frame, the two adjacent faces a of which are parallel. The end of the part A terminates in a foot, I), projecting outwardly at right angles therefrom. In an offset there is removably secured, by means of set-screw c, the pusher-tongue d, as it may be properly termed. The part B terminates in a similar foot, e, having a hole, h, through the same, which forms a guide through which the yarn or thread is conveyed to the needle 1', which is secured in an offset at the end of the part B, as shown, by means of the set-screw k.

G is a plate having two slots, m, formed therein, and through each of these slots passes a set-screw, a, into the partB of the frame, so that the plate may be adjusted in a varying position, which adjustability is limited by the 50 length of the slots m, which are uniform. An-

other slot, 0, is formed in the overhanging part Serial No. 169,713. (No model.)

of the plate. This slot is parallel to theedge of the plate for about two-thirds its length, when its direction is curved outwardly, as shown. A set-screw, 0', passes through this slot into the part A of the frame, as shown, and, when the plate is thus secured, the two parts of the frame are secured together, so that they may be moved upon each other, such movement being limited by the length of the slot 0.

- D is a slotted plate, which is secured to the part A, as shown, by means of a set-screw, s, and it has two projecting ears, t, adapted to embrace both the part A, to which it is adj ustably secured, and the adjacent part of B, when these parts are secured together, as shown in Fig. 1, without interfering with the free reciprocation of the parts A and B upon each other within the limit described.

E is an open-ended three-sided box, which embraces the part B, to which it is secured by means of the set-screw a, which passes through the slot 0, cut in the bottom of said box.

In practice, the parts being in place with relation to each other, as shown, the yarn or thread is led through the foot-guide and the eye to of the needle t. The foundation of canvas or other suitable material being stretched upon a frame the operator forces the needle through the same until the foot 6 strikes the front of the canvas. Then the part Ais pushed forward, the pusher d engaging with the yarn or thread and drawing it through the eye of the needle, while at the same time the part B is withdrawn, leaving a loop projecting beyond the rear face of the canvas just half the length of the reciprocating movement of the parts A B. The part A is now withdrawn and the operation repeated. It will be noticed that as the part B is withdrawn the curved portion of the slot 0, traversing its screw 4*, will force the end of this part away from the end of the part A. This regulated distance indicates the width between the stitches, so to speak. The length of the loop is really the length of the pile, and this may be varied by adjusting the plate 0 upon its set-screws, as may be desired, and at the same time adjusting the parts D E, which form a stop, correspondingly.

By means of a device thus constructed and thus adjustable, coarser or finer yarns, thread,

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each other, one part carrying a pusher or loopformer and the other a needle, both of which are removably secured, the plate 0, having 15 slotsand secured to the parts A B by means of set-screws, and the two-part adjustable stop D and E, the parts being constructed, combined, and operating substantially as and for the purposes specified.

- G. H. BAKER.

Witnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, J AY H. CLARK. 

